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Explain what this project is accomplishing and why some choices were made for the game collection. <center><img src='https://imgur.com/YAw9CBD.png' alt="Video Game Collection Image" width="500" height="500"></center> Welcome to the Video Game Anthology or at least this digital rendition of it. This includes some 400-500 games, many of which are not featured here. Rather the point of this site is to show the methods of organizing and searching for a game within this collection. Spanning several consoles, many genres as well as tags that help associate games of similarity to one another. This collection features games that are seperated into three major ESRB ratings. For those not aware the ESRB or the Entertainment Software Rating Board is the primary group responsible for the subsequent rating of all video games in the United States. A rating of E means that the game is suitable for everyone regardless of age. Whereas T for Teen is only suitable for those ages thirteen and up. The last of the common ratings is M for Mature meaning in order to purchase the game, at least physically at most retail stores the consumer would need to be seventeen or older. <center>[[Ratings|System Ratings]]|[[Consoles|Consoles]]|[[Tags|Tags]]|[[Works Cited|Works Cited]]</center>

<center>[[Home|Home]]|[[Consoles|Consoles]]|[[Tags|Tags]]|[[Works Cited|Works Cited]]</center> E for everyone Are generally more inclusive and mild games such as Animal Crossing and games oriented for younger children. (Animal Crossing) <center><img src='https://imgur.com/06wq2bc.png' alt="Animal Crossing Image" width="250" height="250"></center> T for teen includes elements like suggestive imagery, fantasy violence, some blood. <center><img src='https://imgur.com/SMth2L3.png' alt="No Man's Sky Image" width="250" height="250"></center> <center><img src='https://imgur.com/QWXGIIh.png' alt="Destiny 2 Image" width="250" height="250"></center> <center><img src='https://imgur.com/NfztaAE.png' alt="Xcom2 Image" width="250" height="250"></center> M for mature due to the nature of these games they often include elements of violence, offensive language, and drugs or sexual references. <center><img src='https://imgur.com/h3eRRXF.png' alt="Mortal Kombat 11 Image" width="250" height="250"></center> <center><img src='https://imgur.com/VN64yy6.png' alt="Diablo III Image" width="250" height="250"></center> <center>[[Home|Home]]|[[Consoles|Consoles]]|[[Tags|Tags]]|[[Works Cited|Works Cited]]</center>

<center>[[Home|Home]]|[[Ratings|System Ratings]]|[[Tags|Tags]]|[[Works Cited|Works Cited]]</center> Xbox games- These were some of the first games that were collected for this collection. In part this is due to Gladius, a turn based strategy game where users fight in an arena and later save the world. <center><img src='https://imgur.com/Wfl7S4H.png' alt="Gladius Image" width="250" height="250"></center> <center><img src='https://imgur.com/D9sUqnZ.png' alt="TES III Morrowind Image" width="250" height="250"></center> PS3 games- Are a vast improvement from the previous Playstation consoles. This console was the introduction to Sony based gaming for this collection. <center><img src='https://imgur.com/MFOTH04.png' alt="TES V Skyrim Image" width="250" height="250"></center> <center><img src='https://imgur.com/uxmUCw3.png' alt="Rainbow Six Siege Image" width="250" height="250"></center> Xbox One games- Introduced an array of new features and better processing power. The games have better graphics, but with their gamepass the player can also access games on other consoles such as Fable. <center><img src='https://imgur.com/UMgQkdL.png' alt="Fable Image" width="250" height="250"></center> <center><img src='https://imgur.com/d0XVZmJ.png' alt="Fable III Image" width="250" height="250"></center> PS4 games- Make up the vast majority of the current games in the collection because this is the latest console from Sony. <center><img src='https://imgur.com/gzfCbxi.png' alt="Modern Warfare Image" width="250" height="250"></center> <center>[[Home|Home]]|[[Ratings|System Ratings]]|[[Tags|Tags]]|[[Works Cited|Works Cited]]</center>

<center>[[Home|Home]]|[[Ratings|System Ratings]]|[[Consoles|Consoles]]|[[Works Cited|Works Cited]]</center> The Sims 4 is an action game where the player is tasked with living the life of a person known as a Simoleon. Because the player chooses the tasks and can subsequently face catastrophe this is classified as an action game. <center><img src='https://imgur.com/grGurZt.png' alt="Sims 4 Image" width="250" height="250"></center> Fallout 4 is a post-apocalyptic role-playing game which tasks the user with surviving in a wasteland after a nuclear fallout. The player survives in a vault and eventually is forced to brave the land. Because of the extensive selection of both character options as well as their personality through the Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility , and Luck. <center><img src='https://imgur.com/X8z9Ekb.png' alt="Fallout 4 Image" width="250" height="250"></center> Halo 2 is a First-Person Shooter which tasks the player with saving humanity at all costs. Playing as Master Chief you fight aliens through the untold reaches of space, time, and life itself. <center><img src='https://imgur.com/k1ALHQG.png' alt="Halo 2 Image" width="250" height="250"></center> Fallout NV is considered a strategy game due to the inherent nature of the factions that live within the area. Similar to Fallout 4 a major difference is the impact that choosing one faction or another can have on both the story as well as general gameplay. Choose the wrong one and you may end up another statistic of war. <center><img src='https://imgur.com/nNRdEFF.png' alt="Fallout New Vegas Image" width="250" height="250"></center> Dark Souls III would be considered cooperative since it allows players to summon a friend or a random companion to help you in your quest to regain the world's balance. This game is extremely difficult, and is plagued with things like demons and monsters. <center><img src='https://imgur.com/NKy0ACB.png' alt="Dark Souls III Image" width="250" height="250"></center> Star Wars BF II features major elements of multiplayer including a cooperative section. This installment breaks the traditional timeline and allows heroes from Star Wars to clash across time, and puts players into 32 versus 32 person lobbies. <center><img src='https://imgur.com/kAcTFWW.png' alt="Star Wars Battlefront II Image" width="250" height="250"></center> Oddworld Munch's Oddysee follows Abe as he is tasked with saving his newly found friend Munch on his journey to save his species. They are similar to caviar, and the player is tasked with traversing the lands and eventually with mindcontrolling the Glukon bosses to purchase the eggs for Munch. <center><img src='https://imgur.com/jrTkLg4.png' alt="Oddworld Munch's Oddysee Image" width="250" height="250"></center> <center>[[Home|Home]]|[[Ratings|System Ratings]]|[[Consoles|Consoles]]|[[Works Cited|Works Cited]]</center>

<center>[[More information.|Essay]]</center> <h2><center>Works Cited</center></h2> Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Xbox Play, https://xboxplay.games/animal-crossing-new-horizons/-how-to-have-a-mining-quarry-7405. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Express, https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/gaming/1273527/Call-of-Duty-Modern-Warfare-update-warning-PS4-Xbox-One-download. Dark Souls III. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Souls_III. Destiny 2. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destiny_2. Diablo III. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_III. Fable. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fable_(2004_video_game). Fable III. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fable_III. Fallout 3. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_3. Fallout 4. Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/Fallout-4-PC-video-game/dp/B00YQ2MM2M. Fallout: New Vegas. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas. Fortune, Stephen. “A Brief History of Databases.” A Brief History of Databases, Avant, 27 Feb. 2014, avant.org/project/history-of-databases/. Gabriel, Martha. Search Engine Optimization. Microsoft, dtc-wsuv.org/497/seo.pdf. Game Collection. Reddit, https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/6ul42g/my_ps4_and_all_other_video_game_collection/. Gladius. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladius_(video_game). Google. “Better Searches. Better Results.” Tips & Tricks, Nouspace, nouspace.net/john/download/infostructures/Google-BetterSearches-Results.pdf. Halo 2. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_2. Joseph, Raj. A Comprehensive Guide to Data Visualization for Beginners A Comprehensive Guide to Data Visualization for Beginners. Intellectyx, 2 Apr. 2019, www.intellectyx.com/blog/data-visualization-guide-for-beginners/. Lakoff, George. Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal about the Mind. The University of Chicago Press, 2012. Mortal Kombat 11. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_11. No Man's Sky. CD Keys, https://www.cdkeys.com/pc/games/no-mans-sky-pc-steam-cd-key. Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oddworld:_Munch's_Oddysee. Rainbow Six Siege. Instant Gaming, https://www.instant-gaming.com/en/406-buy-key-uplay-tom-clancys-rainbow-six-siege/. Star Wars: Battlefront 2. Instant Gaming, https://www.instant-gaming.com/en/1835-buy-key-origin-star-wars-battlefront-2/. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Reddit, https://www.reddit.com/r/Morrowind/comments/7hl1om/google_has_failed_me_can_i_get_the_box_art_with/. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_V:_Skyrim. The Sims 4. GameStop, https://www.gamestop.com/video-games/pc/games/products/the-sims-4/10111452.html. Weinberger, David. Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder. Goodreads, 1 May 2007, www.goodreads.com/book/show/726004.EverythingIsMiscellaneous. Xcom2. GameStop, https://www.gamestop.com/video-games/pc/games/products/xcom-2/10122224.html.

Dimitri Myers DTC 356 04/27/20 <center>A Video Game Anthology</center> This project is a representation of my video game collection. The process included numerous games, so rather than detail and catalog each one it was decided that choosing a few representative games to show the remainder are currently sorted. Furthermore, there are new parameters created to show how the collection could be reorganized and sorted by. This information structure is one that has been inherently a part of my life since I can remember. Because of the complexity of games, this structure seemed fitting to represent the complexity of knowledge that was gained during this course. As Stephen Fortune notes, “The history of databases is a tale of experts at different times attempting to make sense of complexity.” (Fortune, Stephen) While the primary means of filtration and subsequent search relies on a tagging system there are other ways such as date of purchase, alphabetization, and manual folders that have been created. Another aspect is there are both digital and physical games included, while one is simple to use thanks to digital miscellany, the other is limited by physicality or the creation of an index. So, for this project the focus will be on the games that are currently physical but if they were to be organized into a digital space it would go something like this. The choice was made to use four consoles to represent the collection thus far. These included PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox, and the Xbox One. Each of these consoles has competed against one another, and each offers different benefits. For example, the Xbox lacked stellar graphics or fast load times. However, it also hosted games with time and effort that was reflected with the technology available at the time. Game franchises rose to prominence like today’s Call of Duty games, and Star Wars: The Knights of the Old Republic. Because we work in a digital space and have a close connection with technology these aspects affect the work and social environment of many in this field and others. For some they are just a form of entertainment, for others they are a job, a passion, and a legacy. The PlayStation 3 was revolutionary because unlike the Xbox 360, its direct competitor, the PlayStation featured free online play. While Sony did not boast the extensive exclusives that Microsoft did, it ensured that users were not charged monthly for a subscription-based service. Another crucial aspect is the visual aesthetic of each console was different. As Raj Joseph states, “Data visualization is a technique that converts complex data into simple, crisp and strikingly interactive images that present the required information.” (Joseph, Raj) Gaming consoles like the Xbox and PlayStation do just that through these video games. Something that could be complex like poverty can be portrayed in many ways in a game and in a way that users comprehend subconsciously. This means that games with the right parameters are an effective learning tool, delivering complex information in a simple manner to the audience prevents things like data overload. It also allows them to think about the issue without applying it directly to themselves. After building upon the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 respectively the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One both had new and improved components and were faster than their predecessors. But what made them truly different was the ability to play games from previous consoles including the PS3 and Xbox. This is done again through a subscription known as PlayStationNow, and Game Pass. This also allowed these platforms to further develop their games, creating new subgenres of established ones and offering more lessons on life. Without these improvements the gaming community would surely have dissipated. Things like Dungeons and Dragons would not have rose to prominence and people would be left without a simple form of both entertainment and knowledge that they derive from these games. The use of digital miscellany as well as the affordances that it gives were paramount to a game collection such as this one. David Weinberger raises a good point, “If only there were a way to arrange the stuff in stores so that every possible interest could be captured.” (Weinberger, pg.9) This is possible using tags. These are often referred to as genres today and within gaming there is an abundance, the most prevalent in this collection are role-playing games, action, first person shooters, multiplayer, cooperative, and adventure games. Tags are important because they create organization out of chaos, they allow the user to categorize ideas, objects, and in this case video games. Without this ability there would be nothing to differentiate between a game like Diablo and that of Call of Duty. The choices of games to represent the collection were chosen based on the prevalence of games with the same tag. This ensures that the representation is accurate. Another point mentioned in Weinberger’s book, “Adler was not alone in his distrust of what he called ‘alphabetiasis.’” (Weinberger, pg.28) Adler was right not to trust alphabetization since it only allows for sorting one way and is often associated with physicality which is limited by just that. While alphabetization is good for those who know the title of what they are searching for it is better to implement tags so the user can search based on what interests them. An information structure is often compared to that of a tree because of the various elements that are attached to it and that stem from it. According to Weinberger, “We’ve divided our world into major categories that contain smaller categories that contain smaller ones, branching like a tree” (Weinberger, pg.65) The same can be said for games, there are different games for different consoles. Then there are categories for different types of games followed by subgenres. Without this categorization most of these games would either be irrelevant or simply not specific enough for players to navigate. For example, Oddworld Munch’s Oddysee features two seemingly unrelated individuals who through a simple story work together to save their people. What is not mentioned is the complex series of events and the mechanics associated with the tasks that must be accomplished before beating the game. With a tag there is a certain degree of information implied by this. As is the case with a first-person shooter. The audience then can expect that the game features both a first-person view as well as weapons of one form or another that are shot. These tags represent a good form of SEO, according to Google “Better searches. Better results.” (Google) By using things like exact phrases, and similar words to describe the thing the user is looking for they can find a game that better fits their needs and or interests. As information structures evolve so too do games. In turn as more games are created so does the need for a methodical and efficient means of finding these games. A look at the bigger picture tells us that while tags are important to specific users, there is a greater purpose. As Martha Gabriel mentions, “Keywords are the most important part of a SEO strategy” (Gabriel, Martha) So, like anything on the Internet there is a use for miscellany as well as organization. Without organization a physical game collection would resemble a library where all the books are simply piled on the floor. But in a digital space this is not necessarily the output, rather there would be a lot of scrolling involved with finding any one in specific. By allowing users to create their own tags this removes the alienation or disassociation that is often paired with an assortment of objects by someone else, it allows these users to participate and connect with others. Which is the essence of gaming. There were three major aspects portrayed in this collection that worked as a means of sorting as well as searching. These were a rating system that the Entertainment Software Rating Board implemented, these include E for everyone, T for teen, and M for mature audiences. Furthermore, the use of four major gaming platforms were featured to show their inherent differences. Another aspect was the tagging system that is applied to games, and the flexibility that this offers in a digital space. For example, Diablo III is both a Role-Playing game as well as an action-adventure game. This is because it allows users to mold and shape their character through gameplay. The same can be said about the action and adventure components being directly linked to what the user can do within the game. <center>Works Cited</center> Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Xbox Play, https://xboxplay.games/animal-crossing-new-horizons/-how-to-have-a-mining-quarry-7405. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Express, https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/gaming/1273527/Call-of-Duty-Modern-Warfare-update-warning-PS4-Xbox-One-download. Dark Souls III. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Souls_III. Destiny 2. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destiny_2. Diablo III. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_III. Fable. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fable_(2004_video_game). Fable III. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fable_III. Fallout 3. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_3. Fallout 4. Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/Fallout-4-PC-video-game/dp/B00YQ2MM2M. Fallout: New Vegas. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas. Fortune, Stephen. “A Brief History of Databases.” A Brief History of Databases, Avant, 27 Feb. 2014, avant.org/project/history-of-databases/. Gabriel, Martha. Search Engine Optimization. Microsoft, dtc-wsuv.org/497/seo.pdf. Game Collection. Reddit, https://www.reddit.com/r/gamecollecting/comments/6ul42g/my_ps4_and_all_other_video_game_collection/. Gladius. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladius_(video_game). Google. “Better Searches. Better Results.” Tips & Tricks, Nouspace, nouspace.net/john/download/infostructures/Google-BetterSearches-Results.pdf. Halo 2. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_2. Joseph, Raj. A Comprehensive Guide to Data Visualization for Beginners A Comprehensive Guide to Data Visualization for Beginners. Intellectyx, 2 Apr. 2019, www.intellectyx.com/blog/data-visualization-guide-for-beginners/. Lakoff, George. Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal about the Mind. The University of Chicago Press, 2012. Mortal Kombat 11. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_11. No Man's Sky. CD Keys, https://www.cdkeys.com/pc/games/no-mans-sky-pc-steam-cd-key. Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oddworld:_Munch's_Oddysee. Rainbow Six Siege. Instant Gaming, https://www.instant-gaming.com/en/406-buy-key-uplay-tom-clancys-rainbow-six-siege/. Star Wars: Battlefront 2. Instant Gaming, https://www.instant-gaming.com/en/1835-buy-key-origin-star-wars-battlefront-2/. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Reddit, https://www.reddit.com/r/Morrowind/comments/7hl1om/google_has_failed_me_can_i_get_the_box_art_with/. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_V:_Skyrim. The Sims 4. GameStop, https://www.gamestop.com/video-games/pc/games/products/the-sims-4/10111452.html. Weinberger, David. Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder. Goodreads, 1 May 2007, www.goodreads.com/book/show/726004.EverythingIsMiscellaneous. Xcom2. GameStop, https://www.gamestop.com/video-games/pc/games/products/xcom-2/10122224.html.